WASHINGTON ― The Justice Department said Friday it wouldn’t prosecute U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland for not giving lawmakers audio of President Joe Biden’s interview with a special counsel. House Republicans approved a contempt of Congress citation against Garland for allegedly defying their subpoena, but the department said in a letter to House Speaker Mike … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will move in court to enforce the subpoena against Attorney General Merrick Garland for access to President Joe Biden’s special counsel audio interview, hours after the Justice Department refused to prosecute Republicans’ contempt of Congress charge. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden Administration’s … Read more
WASHINGTON ― Republicans on Wednesday held U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, a symbolic rebuke of the nation’s top law enforcement official. Garland refused to hand over tapes of President Joe Biden’s October 2023 interview with former special counsel Robert Hur during Hur’s investigation of Biden’s mishandling of classified information after he … Read more
WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena — including three who defied their own congressional subpoenas over their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection. GOP Reps. Scott Perry (Pa.), Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Andy Biggs (Ariz.) all blew off subpoenas in … Read more
(NewsNation) — Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas, was among the Republican House members voting in favor of holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress Wednesday. Garland has refused to turn over the audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interview with Robert Hur, the special counsel investigating the classified documents discovered at a Biden office and … Read more
(NewsNation) — House Republicans voted on a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over the audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interviews with former special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden’s handling of classified material and declined to bring charges. The contempt action represents House Republicans’ latest … Read more
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in Washington, June 4, 2024. Anna Rose Layden | Reuters Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday hit back at House Republicans threatening to hold him in contempt, calling their efforts part of a wave of “unprecedented and unfounded” attacks against the Department of Justice. … Read more
WASHINGTON — House Republicans are threatening to hold U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress if he doesn’t hand over material from the Justice Department’s recent investigation of President Joe Biden. In a letter to Garland on Monday, House Oversight Committee chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) demanded … Read more
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a meeting of the Reproductive Rights Task Force at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters House Republicans on Tuesday subpoenaed Attorney General Merrick Garland for records related to a special counsel’s investigation of how President Joe Biden handled classified documents. … Read more
